Community Water System · PWSID NH1971010

Raymond Water Dept

Serves 3,300 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentRaymond, New Hampshire
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On record since 2019: 2 violations. 1 treatment lapse · 1 missed or late test. Most recent began 2021-03-17.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
1Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 35% of active water systems in New Hampshire. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2005201020152019 · Missed or late test: 120202021 · Treatment lapse: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
50% treatment lapse · 150% missed or late test · 1

Across New Hampshire, 37% of violations are missed or late tests and 7% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 10 results on file · action level 15 ppb

14 ppb
11 ppb
3 ppb
2 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2021-03-17Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  2. 2019-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance

System details

Population served3,300
Service connections1,200
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityRaymond
EPA ZIP on file03077

Areas served

  • Raymond, Rockingham County

Reading this record

Raymond Water Dept is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 3,300 people in Raymond, New Hampshire. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.